Toy and game device



' Feb. 17. 1925. 1,526,662

D. CAVICCHIOLI TOY AND GAME DEVIQE Filed Feb. v. 1923 e lvwemtoz Danie Cantdzz'o/zj 331 71 i S attic M0134 I Patented Feb. 17, 1925 PATENT OFFICE.

DANTE CAVICGHIOLI,

0F -NE\V YORK, N. Y.

' Q N AME EVICE:

Application filed February 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANTE Caviocrrrou, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Toy and Game Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertain's to make and use the same.

'This invention relates'to toy or game devices and particularly to devices of this class comprising a board member having a plurality of apertures, said board member being fashioned to represent a predeterminedv subject, and the board member being provided with pivotally suspended bodies positioned in the apertures thereof, whereby spherical members, rings or the like may be advanced to theboard to passthrough the apertures of the board, in which the bodies are'suspended and said bodies being designed to represent predetermined characters, and the object of the invention is to provide a toy or game device of the class and for the. purpose specified, which is designed to amuse both youngandold, and which is simple in construction, eflicient in use and constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawing forms apart, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a front view of my improved device in an operative position.

Fig. 2 is a back View of the device shown in Fig. 1 with part of the construct-ion broken away.

Fig.3 is a section on the line '33 ofFig. l and on an enlarged scale.

'Fig. 4: is a detail view of a modified form of construction which I may employ; and,

- Fig. .5 is partial section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

In practice I provide a board member 10 which in the construction shown is oblong and rectangular in form and may be com posed of cardboard or any other material, and in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing, the front face of the board member is fashioned or de signed to represent a castle or the entrance to a'cast-le, and the bottom edge of the board member 10 is cut out as shown at 11 to form Serial No. 617,452.

an elongated aperture and cut out as shown at 12 to form other apertures or openings, which register. withthe apertureyll, and the apertures '12 are designed to represent the door openings or gates controlling the admission to the castle as will be apparent. Mounted upon the back of the board member 10 adjacent to the top thereof is an elongated strip 13 which servesto retain a plurality of wire loop lIlOIIlbBI'Sll in connection with the board member 10, said loop members being substantially U-shaped in form and, extending downwardly into and registering with the aperturesdQ in the board member as clearlyshown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, and rotatably mounted on the crosshead portions of the loop members 1 1 are. figured bodies 15 which in the construction shown are ornamented to represent a king, queen and jack, said bodies being-located in the separate apertures 12 of the board member.

At the ends of the strip 13 are backwardly directedears lfiinw-hich is pivotally mounted a 'Uslraped frame member 17 which constitutes an easel back or support for the board member, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, and slidably mounted on the frame member '17 is a longitudinal plate 18, which-in the operative position of the toy device is normally located at the base of the frame 1?, and serves as a stop or backing for ball or other members used in playing the game. .One side of t-he'frame member 17 is provided with an extension 19 adapted .to engage a keeper 20 on one end by a pivoted leverQl for locking the frame 17 in its operative position, and the other end 23 of said-lever is adapted to engage the frame 17 when in its collapsed position for holding said frame in engagement with the board member. Another pivoted member 23 is provided for engaging the plate 18 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, when theentire game device is collapsed and boxed for shipment or other purposes.

In Figs. l to 3 inclusive the plate member 18 is preferably composed of sheet metal, while in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing, I have shown aplatemember 9A composed of cardboard or similarinaterial mounted upon the side members of the frame 17 by U- shaped metallic clips 25, but this backing member will serve the same purpose as the backing member 18.

V to the castle through the door or gate openin'gs. This game will require skill on the partof the player, and by designating the separate figures 15 to give predetermlned -value thereto, a game of points, honors, or

the like may be played, and if desired and by using a greater number of apertures 12 and figured bodies 15, a, card game or other game well-known or otherwise may be played, and various changes in and modlfications of the construction herein shown and described may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages. 7 V

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described comprising a body provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures, characterized figures movably suspended in said apertures, means for supporting said body, a backing member mounted 1n connection with said supporting means and adjustable thereon, and means for locking said support- 1 ing means 1n its operative position.

2. A device of the class described comprising a body provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures, characterized figures movably suspended in said apertures, means for supporting said body,

. a backing member mounted in connection with said supporting means and adjustable thereon, means for locking said supporting means in its operative position. the separate parts of the device being collapsible and means for retaining the parts in a collapsed position.

3. A game device of the class described comprising a characterized game board having spaced apertures, a plurality of'characterized bodies suspended in said apertures and capable of rotation on their supports, a supporting frame movably mounted in connection with said body and adapted to support the same in a predetermined position, means for retainingsaid supporting frame in its operative position, and said tion, means for retaining said supporting frame in its operative position, said supporting frame being provided with a backing member, the separate parts of the game device being collapsible, and means for retaining said parts in a. collapsed position.

5. A game device of the class described comprising a board member provided at its lower edge with an elongated aperture having a plurality of other apertures registering therewith, a plurality of supporting members mounted in connection with the back of said board member and registering with said last named apertures, and characterized bodies rotatably mounted on said supporting members.

6. A game device of the class described comprising a board member provided at its lower edge with an elongated aperture having a plurality of other apertures registering therewith, a plurality of supporting members mounted .in connection with the back of said board member and registering with said last named apertures, characterized bodies rotatably mounted on said supporting members, a yoke-shaped frame pivot-ally mounted in connection with the back of said board member, by means of which said board member may be supportedin an inclined position, said yoke-shaped frame being provided with a backing member, and means for retaining said frame in its operative position.

7. A game device of the class described comprising a board member provided at its lower edge with an elongated aperture hav ing a plurality of other apertures registering therewith, a transverse strip mounted at the back of the board member, a plurality of supporting members mounted in connection with said strip and registering with said last named apertures, characterized bodies rotatably mounted on said supporting members, and a yoke-shaped supporting frame pivotally mounted in connection with the end portions of said strip.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 5th day of Feb, 1923.

DANTE CAVICCHIOLI. 

